Northern Gannet 🔗
<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/716984157/large.jpg" alt="Northern Gannet"></p><p>Northern Gannet, in Pillar Point Ha [...]
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Don't classify. Hallucinate! 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2026/08/10/hypothetical-classifications">Don't classify. Hallucinate!</a></strong></p> I [...]
sqlite-utils 4.2.1 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/releases/tag/4.2.1">sqlite-utils 4.2.1</a></p> <p>F [...]
sqlite-utils 4.2 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/releases/tag/4.2">sqlite-utils 4.2</a></p> <p>Lots [...]
llm-gemini 0.33 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-gemini/releases/tag/0.33">llm-gemini 0.33</a></p> <p>It's be [...]
alchemy-utils 0.1a1 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/alchemy-utils/releases/tag/0.1a1">alchemy-utils 0.1a1</a></p> <p [...]
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter) 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813">DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter)</a></strong></p> The latest DeepSe [...]
alchemy-utils 0.1a0 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/alchemy-utils/releases/tag/0.1a0">alchemy-utils 0.1a0</a></p> <p [...]
Quoting Florian Herrengt 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://blog.florianherrengt.com/ai-removing-middle-class-software-engineering.html"><p>But then users start to report a weird [...]
There are no lossless transformations of natural-language text 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/there-are-no-lossless-transformations-of-natural-language-text">There are no lossless tran [...]
Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://stolen-thoughts.com/">Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs</a></strong></p> A vanity domain name (<co [...]
datasette-upload-dbs 0.5a0 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette-upload-dbs/releases/tag/0.5a0">datasette-upload-dbs 0.5a0</a>< [...]
Introducing Muse Glimmer 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model">Introducing Muse Glimmer</a></strong></p> Meta ar [...]
Quoting OpenClaw (running Opus 4.6) 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986"><p>The API has zero authorisa [...]
Quoting Claude Opus 5 system prompt 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/release-notes/system-prompts#claude-opus-5"><p>Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 were firs [...]
GitHub Models is now retired 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-github-models-is-now-retired/">GitHub Models is now retired</a></strong></p> I miss [...]
SQLite compressed text-history prototypes 🔗
<p><strong>Research:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/sqlite-text-history-prototype#readme">SQLite compres [...]
Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode-default-in-claude-code">Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team [...]
Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face 🔗
<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220609#49221745">My comment</a> on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4922 [...]
Quoting John Gruber 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/08/07/simon-willison-on-blogging"><p>Me, I try to get into the mindset of playing live m [...]
Now we have a timeline of the OpenAI accidental attack against Hugging Face 🔗
<p>OpenAI gave a last-minute presentation at the Black Hat security on Wednesday about "the Hugging Face Incident" (<a href="https://simonwilliso [...]
Moonlight & Mayhem (Raccoon Heist by Codex + GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra) 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://simonw.github.io/raccoon-heist-codex/">Moonlight & Mayhem (Raccoon Heist by Codex + GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra)</a></stro [...]
The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/">The Tokenpocaly [...]
datasette-auth-tokens 0.4a13 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette-auth-tokens/releases/tag/0.4a13">datasette-auth-tokens 0.4a13< [...]
datasette 1.0a38 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/1.0a38">datasette 1.0a38</a></p> <blockqu [...]
datasette 0.65.3 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.65.3">datasette 0.65.3</a></p> <p>Back- [...]
Simon Willison on Technical Blogging 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging">Simon Willison on Technical Blogging</a></strong> [...]
An AI model from Meta also hacked another company during testing 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/tech/meta-ai-hacking">An AI model from Meta also hacked another company during testing</a></s [...]
Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-code-and-muse-spark-1-2">Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2</a></strong [...]
Third-party cyber evaluations involving OpenAI models 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://openai.com/index/third-party-cyber-evaluations-involving-openai-models/">Third-party cyber evaluations involving Ope [...]